Noun
mixin (plural mixins)
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(object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable class that provides functionality to be inherited by a subclass.
Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin, as an interface contains only method signatures, while a trait includes also the full method definitions; on the other side mixins include method definitions, but they can also carry state through attributes, while traits usually don't.
In Zope 2 there had been many behavior requirements to allow objects to participate in the framework, which resulted in a large amount of mixin base classes and special attributes. Source: Internet
And so here we've used something in the mixin that is not dependent on the variable being passed in. Source: Internet
Also, using this as a mixin when using LESS or SCSS is a breeze. Source: Internet
As before, the definition of the mixin is indented below the mixin declaration. Source: Internet
Component classes using this mixin should call this method during their own initialization. Source: Internet
Lockable is a private mixin which injects lockable behavior into any TablePanel subclass such as GridPanel or TreePanel. Source: Internet